Monday, December 22, 2008

Happy Birthday Dad

My dad turned 79 this year and this i the card I made for him out of supplies from my stash.I'm very lucky to still have both parents and it's a honour to support them now as they have supported my family over the years.

Anyway Dad had a great birthday and in the coming year we'll have to have a huge party to celebrate his 80th

My mum's birthday is on the last day of the year and my Uncles was on teh 1st day of the year and I can remember so many great new years eve parties till late really late as a child -teenager

This is a beautiful place where we visit in summer it's 10 mins away from my home and it really gets back to the wilderness of Tassie . I'm so lucky to have a wonderful spot to take photos . I love the peace you feel when out there walking around .

Title is done using thickers foam ones and I inked them yellow for a differnt look and so they blended in with the flowers and wood swirls from KASIER

Monday, October 20, 2008

we are looking for some talented people to become part of our Design Team for 2009.

You will be required to start in January/February 2009.

We ask that if you are interested to please give us 6mths of your time.

Rules for this comp are pretty simple:- Join us as a member in the Forum, Gallery & store. Post at least once a day for 2mths from your joining date.

Upload a minimum of - 4 layouts, 3 Off the page projects and 3 cards using different techniques and styles into your personal gallery.

Fill out a questionnaire Complete a task or 2 that will be set for finalists Be prepared to have lots of fun and make new friends both in real life and on line. Email me Robert at admin@scrappingaround.net.au for an application form.

Applications will close on December 19th 2008 and successful applicants will be notified no later then 29th of December 2009

this is the basic information if ou require more information go to the link on right hand sde of blog

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Scrapping Around is having a CC all ch's are up and they are really easy so come on over and have a go you may even win some prizes you need to be a Reg member in the forum and gallery so you are ableto upload

prizes are listed below an there is links to Scpping around to your right of this post

I went to a masking class and was taught how to use them right and how to finish the layout off with a mask.

Found this interesting and fun to do as I have never done this before it was something really new to me and the teacher Simonne who is a Design Team Memebr for Scrapping Arounddid a great job of teaching me I really enjoyed this class

Found you need time and you also need to have a great creative mind and you need to play with teh mask before going ahead with where it needs to go on the layout

This was a really fun class to do and yes I will do masking again one day

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

over the hoildays and weekends we often pack a picnic and tour our local bush land this place is not far from my home town and it's a great place to take the boys back into the Bush to enjoy the beauty of TasmaniaI enjoyed doing this layout and use some new supplies from Scrapping Around Marcus sanded the paper for me as I was cooking tea he said that looks nice card stock I said yes but it could be sanded to show the colour underneath, the result was a light shade of blue showing through I like the way my photo captures the water flow even though it was the middle of summer in the native bush land there was enough water flowing for all wildlife and plant life

My husband brought me this machine and I love how it cuts and howal my things come out looking great, the more I play with it the more I'm learning it can cut different things ,being abl to press buttons an it knows exactly what I need it to do making my scrapping and card making so much easier

Monday, August 18, 2008

my soon hasn't been to court but the other person has and it's an on going case

My husband has found full time work and I have gained more hours in my work place

It changes a few things for me a there have been things I haven't done before and will be learning more about these areas , still doing cert 4 in small business management and adult ed course which has been fun

weather in Tassie is cold at night but warming up through the day and if you get in the right stop when sun is shinning down it's really nice.

all the males have had colds and have now got over them but it took time to disappear , colds/flus seem to come so quick but take ages to go away

I'm really looking forward to next month when I fly out for a few days my hubby may not be looking forward to the trip away as I usually bruise his knee caps as I don't always like flying so I hope it's a nice day

well I better go and start getting things ready for tomorrow it never stops in our home and there is always plenty to rattle on about if you like to read my blog I'll give you all something to read about

take care everyone - remember a smile can make someones day a happy day

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Well going back to the Aussie Mateship thread I placed up here awhile ago about my son being hurt and others helping him because of their bond through Mateship we are starting to get answers

The case is starting to go through the court here in our town and the person has been charged they need to go back to court in the coming months but at last we have action on an awful deed that wasn't caused by our son

Hopefully he will be able to get on with life and live it to the fullest as anyone can

I believe with all my heart we are placed here for a purpose in life weather it be to rasie our own children to make some one smileto help plant a wonderland for all Creatures Great and Small to be involved with community members that make us become out of self

I also believe when your life's work is done you will be taken from here and be given the rest you deserve so much

Sometimes it is hard to do your best with what life throws up at you but through what has happened to my son I know now he has many friends from all over teh place mayb more friends than me who are willing to help if the need every rise's again

why because it's ---- say's his friends to me he wouldn't hurt a fly he is fun , harmful type of person and I can't but feel a since of pride to think we as his parents have brought him up in a good way so that he will be a true gentleman at heart

no one can get through life with out a friend of some sort

I will leave you with these 2 quotes one a general quote one a bible verse

Some friendships do not last, but some friends are more loyal than brothers."- Proverbs 18:24

Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life." - (sent by Dior Yamasaki)

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Win $100.00 worth of goodies from our shopping cart.This will include some items that we haven't even released to the public yet.

Follow the link Scrapping Around

How:- Become a registered member of our forum

Promote our site on another site (your blog, another forum, etc.) Make sure your allowed to promote us if your on another site 1st please with that site owner as we don't want you to get into trouble. Include a link either to our home page or to the shopping cart or to the forum or all 3 if you are allowed.

Post a message in the forum thread with a link to the site you promoted us on. This is so we can all have a look and also well you know we need to be able to check that your link works back to our site too.

Ask your friends to join us in our forum. Once they have an account please ask them to post a message in our welcome thread.

Each new person that joins and is active in the forum ie:- weekly challenge, CC or FNGNI will also give you an entry into this draw.

This will be open to all our members until July 10th 2008.We will announce the winner over our July Cyber Crop weekend. (July 08 - Friday 11th till Monday 14th)

Win $100.00 worth of goodies from our shopping cart.This will include some items that we haven't even released to the public yet.

Follow the link Scrapping Around

How:- Become a registered member of our forum

Promote our site on another site (your blog, another forum, etc.) Make sure your allowed to promote us if your on another site 1st please with that site owner as we don't want you to get into trouble. Include a link either to our home page or to the shopping cart or to the forum or all 3 if you are allowed.

Post a message in the forum thread with a link to the site you promoted us on. This is so we can all have a look and also well you know we need to be able to check that your link works back to our site too.

Ask your friends to join us in our forum. Once they have an account please ask them to post a message in our welcome thread.

Each new person that joins and is active in the forum ie:- weekly challenge, CC or FNGNI will also give you an entry into this draw.

This will be open to all our members until July 10th 2008.We will announce the winner over our July Cyber Crop weekend. (July 08 - Friday 11th till Monday 14th)

Are you ready for our 1st ever retreat??We have accommodation for 36 so book your spot early.

WHEN:Friday 19th - Sunday 21st of September 2008

WHERE:Grovedale Geelong VICTORIA

COST:Costs are:- Our costs for the reatreat are per class. Individual class costs are up in seperate threads.Main Meals are not include in class costs unless otherwise stated.

This includes the following:

Games and prizes. Use of sizzix machine and dies. Use of the Wishblade with supervision Stamping area. painting area.

Accommodation: To be advised soonArrival time: Around 4:30pm Friday with Dinner being served around 6:30pm.

Shopping: Scrapping Around will have all our store open to you all ;D

DEPOSIT:$50.00 deposit is required to confirm your booking.Even if you are only attending for the day.This deposit is non-refundable.Store coupons or gift vouchers are not able to be used for the retreat.

PAYMENT OPTIONS:Direct Deposit ~ Please contact us for our bank details. When making payments with DD please ensure that you use the following 'SARET Your Name' as the description so we can track payments.

Monthly Payments ~ We will be offering monthly payments to help people pay off the retreat.. Monthly payments are due on the 1st of each month. These payments can be made via the shopping cart using paypal.

CONDITIONS: Please email us at monique@scrappingaround.net.au to book your spot. Cost for each class you wish to attend needs to be paid within 14 days of adding your name to the list of each class.

There is a discount for paying for the whole weekend in full before the 19th of August 2008.

Deposit to be paid with in 14 days of booking your spot otherwise I will have to give it to the next person. Sorry about that but placing is limited. Final payment to be received no later then 19th of August 2008. Monthly payments are to be made on the 1st of each month. I will put a post up at the end of each month to remind everyone that payment is due and wont name names It is your responsibility to email me to let me know deposit and monthly payments have been made so that I can keep track of payments. So I don't miss any payments please email me with details for each payment to payments@scrappingaround.net.au$50 deposit is non-refundable for the remaining balance a refund will be given in full with 21 days notice prior to the 1st of August. All cancellations must be submitted in writing to monique@scrappingaround.net.au

Way more information will be up shortly in regard to children attending, classes, activities what you will need to bring etc.If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask in a separate post in this part of our forums.

From July 1st we would like to reward you all for participating in our challenges in the forum.We feel that the reward system we are implementing is a fair one and obtainable.As you all can understand we can't give out vouchers or product prize packs for all our challenges, and felt that this was a fairer system for everyone.

Points for challenges.

1 point for weekly challenge = 4 points per month1 point for what about me challenges2 points for FNGNI = 8 points per month2 points for Cyber Crop Step by Step2 points for completion and upload of bi-monthly card sketch challenge3 points for completion and upload of bi-monthly sketch challenge3 points for completion and upload of bi-monthly inspiration challenge4 points for monthly page kit challenge (purchase and upload)4 points for monthly card kit challenge (purchase and upload)Once you have earned some reward points here are their values Scrappy dollar wise

20 points = $1.00

50 points = $2.50

100 points = $5.00

200 points = $10.00

300 points = $15.00

You can then use your scrappy $$$ to purchase items from our store.

Reward points can be accumulated and are valid for 12 months.

You will find more information in our forum regarding our reward point system. You will need to be a member of our forum to access this information.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

boy I haven't been here for a longer time butI know have new photos to share with you all will find them tomorrow night after work and postDo you know what this is ?and no it's not a UFO. I was walking home from the footy ground where I had taken profile photos of 2 players with my camera in hand I set it to the candle setting and aimed at the light.It is actually the street light outside my place that guided me home in the dark it was only 6pmThere is a certain glow that the camera picked up and now I want to take more photos with my candle setting to see what I can achieve with my photos. I didn't go to any fire works this year but if you did and have photos to share send them to me and I'll post them up on this blog for you to share .

My son has laid around the house and not getting up till 10am or later ohh to be on Holidays and no school is great when it's all wintery outside

He has done so much over the holidays that time has flown and it's almost back to school for him . It's been a nice spell not having to do lunches and make sure homework is done on time.

My other son spent his 1st week donw at Tafe we live about 4 hours away so he caught the bus Sunday and got a ride back with a friend. Which saved us petrol and money in the long run

He goes for 2 weeks on Sunday and hopes to stay with family on the central coast which will save him lots of travelling and us as well

It was interesting when he went we all missed him and I got used to the quiet and sleep ins because normally he needs to be taken to work which is 5;30am start for us all .So it's really nice when he goes to away for a bit I get to sleep in longer

As soon as he was home the noise level picked up and we knew he was back don't you just love the noise's boys all make together

It's mine no it's mine , I brought that no mum did

makes you wonder why they do this and yes there is a reason for it all

1 they are both different 2 helps them to have conflict that they learn to sort by themselves3 it's there way of showing love to each other 4 what esle is a younger brother for

Amazing Scrap Race is in full swing at Scrapping Around and the ladies are creating some great layouts to be judge. Must say teh judging is very hard and it's great to see so many having a go and stepping out of their comfort zone

Sunday, June 08, 2008

I enetred some photos in the a photo competition and my son won $250.00 he is over the moon

I also spent the day in church hall showing my skills as a scrapper and it was interesting to see how many people came through the doors who where scrappers or card makers

Every person had there own way of doing things and it was great to share with these people

Thankyou to all teh people who commented on my ablum and my work it was a pleasure to show you all what I do as a scrapper .

I do hope to go next year and maybe I'll have lots more to show and teach every one

One of the things that people where interested in today was Chipboard, paint and kidy Glitz and what you can achieve with them all

For me on a personal level it was great to share with others who enjoy paper crafts know that I can learn from them and they can learn from me

I also made some scrapping friends who would love to get together for a lesson or just to scrap on a weekly thing . Which I'm looking forward to as I don't belong to any group in my local area

Anyway I had a great day out scrapping and sharing my skill and would encourage anyone to do teh same if they get the chance to display there work go for it because so many new doors open for you as I have found out today

I have a new site which I have started this last week for people to join Scrappy Time

over the last month or so I have had a cough and it turned into the flu last week I haven't eaten much and lost some weight which isn't a bad thing my family where great and left me to be sitting and doing nothing at all

even my youngest helped with meals and doing things for me which made me feel special as a mum who was sick .I did however work and had to cancel a training day and only worked for a few hours on Saturday .

feeling uinder the weather still and lived on soup for most of the week soup has became my best friend as everything taste's the same and it's awful. I really do like food and it's not good when everything taste the same as I don't enjoy it one little bit

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Autumn Season and it wont be long winter will be here it's starting to pop it's face around the corner with the cooler nights and days.At the start of Autumn I did a cc at Scrapping Around and this is one of my layouts I did it was my ch and you had to use 9 small pieces of pattern paper which I did mine are added down the bottom of my pagePhoto was taken by me and it's my garden I got nice and close and used macro setting on my camera which gave a nicer and clear photo in the long run with the colour cystal clearI'm enjoying the last few days of Autumn before winter hits us very hard and fast but I wont mind as it's great for scrapping by the fireThe layout also has my own hand writing on it as I love using my own handwriting because when I'm gone it will be something to treasure forever

This was a Friday Night Girls In Ch Monique set it and we had no photos to go by it was all typed up the way she wanted us to create our layoutshe also did a card but I didn't get time to make the card on Friday.

Photos are taken of my middle teen enjoying summer 10 ten minutes away from our place set in the wild bush of Tassie is a small pinic spot with a swimming hole

We all had a great time and thank you for taking time to look at my layout

This layout took me 30 mins all up very simple and quick but I'm happy with it

Everyone loves Easter in my household and they really liked me this year because I had to create some DT work forSCRAPPING AROUNDOnce again I used a big photo and zoomed in crpping bits out to make the eggs centre of attention when you look at the layout.U sed Bella chipboard,Kasier paper ,flowers and bling with some red ink .Once I inked teh letters I mad podge then with sparkling which gives a nice layout over allWe had a great easter and everyone relly enjoyed them self and I wasn't teh only easter bunnie in our home this year which was nice to think we where special enough o get eggs from another bunny full of love

Friday, May 02, 2008

you hear people say their mates its great living in Australia because of the mateships you make

we didn't realize until our son was hurt how many friends and mates he had made along the way and since moving away from home he has met lots of other people and feels so much part of the town we live in

He said no one likes the girl for what she did to him and he had lots of people ask him if he was okay

I still have people ask about him

they say to me , I know your son is he okay

yep he is but I want to thank his mates for believing in him , helping him when the need was required of them all and for caring

Teens don't get a lot of credit due to that they are teens and they do silly things

yep they do silly things but you know what you gotta love them because every teen has some good inside somewhere

I hope it's all sorted quickly but it will be a long term event because of his dentist trips we usually pay for him and teh last time he went it was $195.00 for 30 minutes while they removed tooth glue from his teeth

He now looks normal still has to be very careful in the way he eats but is improving so thats all we can hope for and that osts will be given back to us soon

it has made our family stronger and it was and still is amazing to seehow my sons have got through this together

Australia's Biggest Morning TeaScrapping Around are holding an online crop event to support the Cancer Council and raise as much as we can for them.Date:- Friday May 30th 2008Time:- 8PM VICPlace:- Scrapping Around Forum.Cost:- $5.00 donation to the Cancer Council.Even if you are unable to attend in our forum on the evening please make a donation via the link above for this wonderful cause.

It's really hard to get over things when your family isn't in the wrongwhere moving forward and slowly moving on to the biggest step for me today is getting my hair cut where the person who hurt my son works but it's important to show our local community things happen you learn to move on and it takes a great deal of strength to move forwards

Sunday, March 09, 2008

My son was hurt by someone esle this week they left him with a mouth which he couldn't use

Made me wonder how you feel when people or other things hurt things that you care about

Our children grow up but they are always our kids , you never stop loving them or caring about them , they come home when they want and sometimes just turn up for a few min's but it's still nice they come home

I brought my kids and still am to feel that home is a place they belong no matter what they do or if they need help . It's really important in todays world they have a safe haven they can still call home

One of my sons as moved out I miss him heaps , message him lots but have found thats all part of growing up and him being modeled into a young man of his own and not what his parents want him to be

He has lots of freedom , knows we love him heaps , knows he can come home any time but most of all is growing into a lovely young man through everything we have taught him

so don't give up on your kids tehy will make it through to a lovely person

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

My son went for his P's yesterday and failed I was so pleased with his attuide on how he handle it and said book me in again

It made me wonder as a parent how do you react when your child fails something or when you fail yourself because if your children see you reaction is that teaching them that failing isn't accepted into todays world

I'll be 1st to say I fial all the time and if I stopped to think about it every day but I don't think about it because I accept I'm good at some things and terribale at other things

wouldn't the world be boring if we where all the same and didn't fail

I think it's cool to fail and try again because you learn so much more the second time around and I think it's okay to help your child to accept the things they do well and also accept the things they don't do well

This is my youngest teen enjoying his lunch at the park as he placed his head downwards I couldn't help but snap a photo.It was a lovely clear day and he had a lovely grin on his face as I clicked the camera

We have had a good holiday doing all sorts of things from going to the pool to staying away for a few nights

For the long weekend we headed off to St Helens and had a fabo time

Boys loved the water and wave ski but it was so relaxing not having to do anything at all if we didn't want to on the way home we called into a Bric a Brac shop.Boy they had some really old things on display which I hadn't seen in years

I also learn to have a fun time you don't have to buy everything we did picnic lunches and went to teh beaches which are open for everybody to enjoy

Boys loved the swimming pool where we stay as well and that was really good when it was evening or the weather was bad for the day

***You Are A Lily***You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist.People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you.You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words.Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize.What Flower Are You?http://www.blogthings.com/whatflowerareyouquiz/

Monday, February 04, 2008

Scrapping Around Retreat September 2008Are you ready for our 1st ever retreat??We have accommodation for 36 so book your spot early.We are also able to take booking for day visitors. More information on this option will follow soon.

COST: Costs are $260 per person - adultsThis includes the following:*Accommodation for 3 nightsAll meals from Dinner on Friday night till afternoon tea on Sunday.* 2 to 3 classes including kits and project instructions.*2 kits for you to play with over the weekend so that's a total of 5 kits for the weekend.*Games and prizes.*Use of sizzix machine and dies.*Stamping area.*Painting area.

DEPOSIT: $50.00 deposit is required to confirm your booking.This deposit is non-refundable. Store coupons or gift vouchers are not able to be used for the retreat.PAYMENT OPTIONS: Payment plans are available.

we also have to swaps happening and the 1st one is a flower ATC and the second is a postcard swap so if your interested in these pop over to the home page and sign up as a member then go to forums where all the info is

Above are 3 of mine layouts which I completed I did 5 out of the 6 ch's thanks to Monique encouraging me after Dh gave me some not so good news but all seems to be working it self out

I love my craft work and scrapping lets me be creative using hands on supplies and my own photos as well here is the link to the gallery http://scrappingaround.net.au/gallery/index.php pop on over to have a look at the other ladies layouts they where all awersome

This is an old fav rose photo which I took a couple of years back as I haven't got any new ones on my computer at the moment due to it being full as but I have a hard drive coming in the next week or so

so good for posting everyday well thats what I get when I have a busy life but would be able to post every day so will try very hard from now on

It is dry in Tassie at the moment as I walk over our grass it crunches under my feet

makes you wonder how much drier it can get

was reading in a mag the other day not to water the garden let the plants that can handle the dryer conditions grow on there own and next summer you'll have a nicer garden does make since but I still have to give them a little water .This cute little fellow is black and his my sons cat he was raise up by hand and found near the milking shed Feb last year. He only has 1 lunge and is a bit skinny due to being run over by a car ,still he hasn't given in and has a beautiful nature full of life.Doesn't like to be cuddle to much because he has to live life to the fullest and not waste a minute of playing outside